40 Days of Prayer and Fasting

Consecrate yourselves,

for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you…

--Joshua 3:5

 

 

Introduction

Get Ready for the Amazing Things

That God Will Do In Your Life

One day, a man lost his wife from a lingering disease.

Totally depressed and unwilling to live without his wife by his side, the widower decides to end it all. One morning, he left a suicide note, and went up the mountains. His plan was to starve to death. He would only allow himself to drink from the mountain streams, nothing else.

After a couple of weeks, the man noticed something. Though he had lost weight, he was not dying. On the contrary, he never felt healthier and stronger. Many ailments he suffered for years simply disappeared.

After a month, the man went down the mountain looking years younger. He eventually got married again and started a new family.

Go Up the Mountain of the Lord

Fasting—without prayer—has by itself incredible physical benefits.

But fasting without prayer is only 50% of the equation.

Imagine what Prayer and Fasting can do together. It’s a powerful force that will radically change your life.

And the story above is a great analogy of what happens to our souls.

For 40 days, I’m inviting you to also go up the “mountain of prayer” and drink only from the “streams of living water”. When you do that, you cleanse your soul of toxins and actually become stronger. And you’ll go down that mountain spiritually rejuvenated. You’ll also start a new “spiritual family” and beget new “spiritual children”!

Friends, I’m inviting you to 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting.

In one sentence, here’s our mission for this fast: We want to grow closer to God and receive all that He wants to give to us.

So starting Ash Wednesday all the way to Holy Saturday, as an entire Community, we want to empty ourselves from lesser things so that God can fill our lives with greater things.

I’m excited at the amazing things that God will do among us!

Miracles Happen When People Fast

 

Why am I excited?

Because from my experience, miracles happen when people fast.

For some reason, fasting makes us more expectant, more open, more trusting, more focused, more determined, and more sensitive to the Spirit—that more miracles happen when we fast.

I’ve seen how people have received healing, guidance, financial blessing, family blessing in their lives when they fast.

And entire communities get revived when they fast.

In the next few pages, I’ll explain to you how we’ll do the fast together…

Chapter 1

The 5 Big Blessings

of Prayer and Fasting

Fasting has many, many blessings.

But here are the five big ones you want to focus on and pray for…

Blessing 1:

Prayer and Fasting Bring You Closer to God

 

You will experience a spiritual revival.

When you fast, you’re telling God that He’s more important than food.

So instead of eating, you spend it in prayer, reading Scripture, writing your journal, before the Blessed Sacrament, reading Spiritual books…

It declares that you’re dead serious about pursuing Him because you’re crazy enough to say No to something as basic as food.

If you can say No to a very basic need, what else can you not do for the Lord?

You also gain discipline—something crucial for any kind of success in the world.

By learning to say No to small things, you’re able to say Yes to bigger things.

Friends, there are many, many blessings when we fast. But at the end of the day, God Himself is the greatest blessing of your fast.

Remember: If after you fasted, you experienced miracles and healing, but you didn’t grow closer to God—then your fasting would have been a failure.

Blessing 2:

Prayer and Fasting Unite You with the Poor

Every time I fast, I remind myself that this is the daily experience of 12% of the world’s population. Not because they’re fasting. But because they’re poor.

740 million people will sleep tonight hungry.

And out of those 740 hungry people, 30,000 will die of starvation.

Half of those 30,000 will be children.

Fasting shouldn’t just make me more spiritual.

Fasting shouldn’t just open me up for more blessings and miracles.

Fasting should also move me to love the poor in a more passionate way.

When I fast, I’m also committing my life to end their hunger and poverty.

After our 40-Day Prayer and Fasting, we should be more resolved as a people to love the poor of the Lord. To work in Anawim and our partnerships with He Cares and Gawad Kalinga. To do all that we can to serve God in His poor.

Blessing 3:

Prayer and Fasting Opens You to God’s Power

Years ago, I met an elderly man who was suffering from emphysema.

I noticed the symptoms. Even if we walked for just a few meters, I saw him catching his breath.

“Because of smoking?” I asked him gently.

“I stopped twenty years ago,” he said, “so partly, yes. But also because of my lazy breathing.”

I raised my eyebrow. It was the first time I heard of such a thing.

He knew I didn’t understand, so he went on, “My doctor isn’t your normal doctor. He’s an expert in alternative medicine. So he says that all these years, my breathing has been very shallow.”

After our conversation, I did some research. Obviously, it NEVER said that shallow breathing causes emphysema. But I learned one thing: It’s very important to regularly take deep breaths. Through regular aerobic exercise. (My old friend never exercised.) Through breathing exercises. Through meditation that uses breathing. And just by your usual morning stretches and inhaling a few times.

Deep breathing removes the toxins from your lungs. It also releases tension which affects your health.

Think about it. Just like you and me, this man had oxygen all around him 24 hours day. But he smoked, clogging his lungs so that it can’t absorb 20% of what he was inhaling. And to top it off, he breathed in a lazy way, decreasing again his oxygen intake.

Friends, that’s what happens with God’s Power.

God’s power is all over us, around us, above us, beneath us, and inside us.

But we do exactly the same thing: We clog our spiritual lungs and we’re lazy when we breathe in God’s power in our lives.

But Fasting is like Deep Breathing.

When you pray and fast, you’re inhaling a greater amount of God’s power into your life!

Fasting isn’t a bribe. “Lord, I’m fasting, so you better give me what I’m asking for!” That’s not how it works.

When you fast, God doesn’t change. You do.

You become more expectant, more open, more sensitive, more attentive.

So when you fast, you can pray for something specific in your life.

· wisdom for an important decision you need to make;

· freedom from a particular bondage;

· physical healing;

· family restoration;

· financial blessing;

· any miracle that you need!

I know many of you have already written down your seven dreams in your Novena to God’s Love. Pray for them in these our 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting.

Blessing 4:

Prayer and Fasting Cleanse Your Body

God wants us to take care of our physical bodies.

One way of caring for it is by fasting.

By relieving the body from the hard work of digestion, it focuses its energies on getting rid of the toxins we’ve piled up in our system from all the wrong food we’ve eaten. All the junk, the chemicals, the stuff that shouldn’t be in our body in the first place. These toxins weaken our immune system and make us more susceptible to disease.

Your body, after three days of fasting, will also burn up and decompose diseased, damaged cells in your body. What a beautiful way to purge the bad!

If you fast, you’ll do some “house cleaning” for your own body, removing the toxins and diseased cells naturally—while blessing your soul at the same time.

Let me warn you, however: fasting isn’t a weight reduction program.

If you want to lose weight permanently, you need to change from an unhealthy diet to a healthy diet permanently. A 40-day diet won’t work. A lifetime change of diet, yes! So I repeat: Fasting isn’t the answer to a permanent weight loss.

 

Blessing 5:

Prayer and Fasting Empower Our Ministry

In the Bible, people fasted before they started their ministry or before a big change in their ministry. Moses did it. Elijah did it. Daniel did it. Esther did it. And Jesus did it.

Honestly, I feel our ministry is reaching a tipping point. In the next few years, we’ll see how our work for the Lord will grow by leaps and bounds.

So fasting will release God’s power in our ministry.

Because we need God’s anointing for the many things we’re doing. To name a four prayer intentions:

1. We’re growing our Central FEAST to three and four sessions

2. We’re planting weekly Local FEASTs all over the world;

3. We’re using more radio, television, and the Internet to share God’s love;

4. We’re expanding KerygmaFamily.com;

5. We’re aiming to raise more funds so that we can use 50% for evangelism and 50% for our ministries to the poor.

Yes, the 40-Day Prayer and Fasting will jumpstart our ministry.

Chapter 2

Commit to the

Fast You’ll Do

There are some people who can’t fast.

To name a few: Extremely thin individuals; Those suffering from anorexia or bulimia; persons with tumours, bleeding ulcers, cancer, blood diseases, and heart disease; pregnant and nursing mothers; Individual taking insulin because of diabetes and those suffering from hyperglycaemia. For the rest of you who are unsure, I strongly urge you to ask your doctor before you fast.

If you can fast, this is how we’ll do it as a community.

There are two parts of our 40-Day Prayer and Fasting.

Part One: Six Fridays prior to Holy Week.

Part Two: Holy Week itself.

I recommend a liquid fast during these six Fridays and during the entire Holy Week. Either a water fast or a juice fast, but I’m biased towards a natural-fruit-and-vegetable juice fast.

That’s it!

Note: Some of you may want to do more than this. That’s fine. There might be some of you who’d want to try a liquid fast for the entire 40 days. (I won’t recommend it unless you’ve been fasting before, taking seven-day fasts, 14-day fasts, and 21-day fasts…) Just consult your doctor if you’ll do any kind of extended fast.

Here’s a brief explanation of different kinds of fasts…

Option 1:

Water Fast

Jesus fasted for 40 days with water only fast. Once, I tried water only fast for five days—and it’s great—but can be too exhausting for some people. In a water only fast, toxins are released too abruptly and maybe too hard on the body. Saying all that, I know lots of people who do water only fast and did so successfully. The key is to drink lots of water.

Option 2:

Juice Fast

This, I believe, is the best kind of fast—from a physical health perspective. You only drink vegetable and fruit juices—to aid in flushing out all toxins and regenerate your body. As much as possible, get real vegetables and fruits that you mash and shred in a juicers. (This is a small kitchen gadget that you could buy.) What kind of vegetable and fruits should you juice? The best are fresh carrots, celery, lettuce, beet, grape, etc. Get a good juicing book from the bookstore and look under fasting. As a second option, you may use pre-packaged fruit and vegetable juices that you buy from the store, but it should be 100% juice—no added sugar. If you want to do a juice fast for 40 days, I recommend that you see a doctor just to get his go signal.

Option 3:

Bread and Water Fast

I know many persons who like this fast. They drink water and eat bread the whole day, nothing else. (Uh, not raisin bread and donuts, I’m sure.) In the Bible, Daniel fasted this way.

Option 4:

One-Meal-a-Day Fast

I’ve met people who miss breakfast, lunch, and just eat at 5 p.m. for dinner—and they do that for the forty days of Lent. (Each year, hundreds of millions of Muslims do this during their Ramadan.)

 

Friend, the choice is yours.

Pray to God what kind of fast He wants you to take.

I’ve not even listed here other forms of fasting that may be a great blessing to you: Fasting from TV, fasting from shopping, fasting from newspapers, fasting from negative thoughts…

Remember: From a spiritual perspective, your inner attitude is more important than what kind of fast you choose.

 

 

Chapter 3

How To Take a Fast

 

 

If you decide to take a liquid fast for seven days during Holy Week (or longer), please read the following five steps to have a great fast. If you’re not taking a Liquid Fast, then just read Step #3.

 

Step 1

Physical Preparation

If you’ll do any of the first two kinds of fasting above (water fast or juice fast), I strongly recommend that you prepare for it well. Start eating a softer diet three days before. Stop eating meat and focus more on fruits and vegetables. Reduce sugar intake—so you won’t crave for it during the fast. Lessen the quantity of your meals and drink at least 10 glasses of water everyday. Tip: When you wake up, drink two glasses of water already, and then drink a half-glass or a glass every hour after that.

Step 2

Begin Your Fast

The first two or three days of your fast will be the most difficult. You will feel hungry. Some people have headaches (perhaps withdrawal effects of not having sugar and caffeine), feel dizzy, have bad breath and bad odour. That’s the toxins coming out.

On Day Three or Day Four, you begin to feel better as your body finally shifts to cleansing mode—and stops complaining. You no longer feel hungry as before.

From Day Four to Day Seven, you’ll feel stronger and more alert. (And for many days after, should you decide to fast for more than seven days.)

I cannot emphasize this enough: Each day, drink 10 glasses of water.

Throughout their seven days of fasting, many persons can maintain their regular schedule of work and household chores. Others, however, need a lighter schedule. Listen to your body. You can take moderate walks as your exercise.

Step 3

Grow Closer to God

This is the main reason why you fast.

So instead of eating meals and snacks, pray.

Read spiritual books. Write your journal. Adore before the Blessed Sacrament. Go to Mass more often. Go to confession.

I recommend that you gather with other members of our community (who are also fasting) during lunch and dinner time—and pray together.

I recommend that during the six Fridays of Lent—while people are fasting—the various small groups and ministries of the community gather for prayer.

Bring to the Lord also your personal vision, the things that you want to happen to your life. Read this list each day.

And pray also for the intentions of the Community.

Step 4

Break Your Fast

If you fasted for seven days, take three days to adjust to real food. (If you fasted for more than seven days, you have to take more than three days to adjust as well.)

For example, break your fast by eating salads and fruits on the first day, add toasted bread on the second day, and add a small amount of steamed fish on the third day. No oils, dairy products, and meats during the adjustment period.

Your stomach is much smaller now, so stop before you feel full.

I strongly recommend that you rethink your lifelong diet at this time.

Many quit smoking when they fasted. Many experienced deep spiritual changes because of the fast. That’s my prayer for you.

Step 5

Adopt the Best Stuff into a Permanent Lifestyle

There are some things in the fast that I do as a lifestyle. They’re too good to limit only during fasting days. So I do them every day.

Like spending each day with prayer, journaling, and spiritual reading.

Like reading my vision statement each morning.

Like drinking lots of water every day.

And drinking vegetable and fresh fruit juices, and eating more salads. And not eating meat and focusing on fish for my protein needs.

Bless your body and bless your soul.

Have a great 40-Day Prayer and Fasting, my dear family.

You will be blessed.

 

 

Chapter 4

Commitment Prayer

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…

--Ephesians 3:20
Lord, I Commit To 40 Days

of Prayer and Fasting

 

Be with me Lord as I start this journey of prayer with you. Most of all, I’m doing this because I want to grow closer with You. I want to become more like Jesus. I want to be more loving to the poor. Grant me a Spiritual Revival!

Second, I want to be more open to the amazing things that you will do in my life. Specifically, I’m praying for these Seven Dreams:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Third, I’m also praying for our Community’s dreams:

1. That our Central FEAST grows to 8,000 members;

2. That our weekly Local FEAST be held in 100 cities all over the world;

3. That kerygmafamily.com will be 100,000 members;

4. That our TV, Radio, and Internet Ministry will go global;

5. That we can start giving 50% of our Community Funds to our work for the poor;

6. That God will raise more servants in the Community;

7. That God will bless Bo Sanchez and all the servants of the Community.

I claim victory. Thank you for anointing me. Thank you for blessing me. Amen.

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For more information about Bo’s work or the Light of Jesus, you can call (632) 7259999 or log on at www.bosanchez.ph.

PS. I'm leading a pilgrimage group to Eastern Europe. If you want to join me for 13-Days starting April 7, get details by emailing Beckie at beaconlightevents@gmail.com now!

PS2. I'm going to Scotland and England on June 17-23. If you wish to organize a local FEAST in those cities, email chelle.crisanto@gmail.com right away.

PS 4. Music ministries, you don't want to miss this! Rissa Singson, Alvin Barcelona, and Arun Gogna will be giving a workshop for Music Ministers this Feb 9, 8am-5pm. Designed for singers, dancers, and band members, this course offers new perspective on how to minister through music. A day of worship, renewed vision, and empowerment. Bring your team and be blessed! (Fee: P350). Call Noel at (02) 8239546 or 09154493600 now!

PS5. Do you want to earn money through your own business? And do you want to earn money through the internet? This February, two powerful seminars can change your financial life!
If you're an entrepreneur (or would like to be one), save yourself from costly mistakes! On February 8 & 9, Rudy Torres and Bo Sanchez will give the Truly Rich Super Direct Marketing Program! (Why Marketing? It's the lifeblood of all businesses. Most businesses fail because of poor marketing.) Who is Rudy Torres? He's a Marketing Guru who grossed P9M just by marketing one product in 9 months—all by himself! Rudy will teach you the same powerful strategies that he used that can supercharge your own business. What can easily cost you P125,000 if you attended similar direct marketing seminars, you can now get for P9750 only! We have brought the price down to serve more people. (Special Couples or Business Partners Price is P8750 only per person.)
And if you want to earn money through the internet, then this is what you've been waiting for. On February 15 & 16, Jomar Hilario and Bo Sanchez will give the Truly Rich Hands-On Internet Marketing Workshop. Why hands-on? By the end of the workshop, you will already have a working website that will start earning money for you. Jomar Hilario is the young man who sold P2M worth of tickets for a concert—all done in 30 days—just by using email. A Seminar like this without the "hands-on" part will cost you P85,000 per person in the US. You can now get that same seminar—plus hands-on coaching (value: priceless) for P9750 only. (Special Couples or Business Partners Price is P8750 only per person!)
Attention: "2 Seminars" Special Price! Because both seminars will greatly increase your chances of business success! Instead of paying P19,500 for both seminars, you will only invest P15,500 per person! (Your BIG Savings: P4,000.00!)
"Crazy-Double-Your-Money" Guarantee: If within one year, you don't earn at least double what you invested for these seminars, we'll return your money, PLUS P2,000 extra for your lost time in trying out the seminar—no questions asked! That's how much we believe these seminars will make you succeed!
Note: We highly encourage all participants of any of these two seminars to change their financial mindsets by joining Bo Sanchez' How To Be Truly Rich Seminar on February 2, 8:30am-12:00noon. (P475 only).For reservations, call Beckie at (02) 7229562 or email her at beaconlightevents@gmail.com now. Note: For early birds, save an extra P500 per person! Call now.

How To Live A Wonderful Life

Yes, You Can Make Blessings Happen Everyday.

Marowe was interviewed on TV yesterday.

Bishop Tagle’s show on ABC-5 wanted to ask her some questions. So they sent a TV crew to the house, complete with lights, cameras, and a truckload of stuff.

Obviously, that doesn’t appeal to her at all. Being interviewed on TV is as appealing to her as being trapped in a steel cage with a thousand giant tarantulas crawling all over her body.

She doesn’t like the spotlight. She has never given a talk in her entire life. (Okay, that’s not true. Once, she was asked to give an 8-minute talk to kindergarten kids. Two weeks before that talk, she was so stressed, I couldn’t talk to her.)

In the TV interview, she was asked a question that she has heard a hundred times before. “How is it like being married to the Bo Sanchez?”

This morning, she was so relieved that the interview was over, she hugged me and giggled, “Bo, doesn’t anyone ever ask you, How is it like being married to the Marowe Sanchez?”

“No one,” I smiled, “but if someone were to ask me, I’d say, absolutely wonderful and phenomenal and fantastic.”

It’s really true.

Not just my family life though.

My whole life is really wonderful.

Today, it’s popular to be a little angsty. “Teenage angst” is very “in” today, even among 40 year olds who still think they’re teenagers. And you see it in how they look—black nail polish, black circles around their eyes, and a cigarette in their black lips. You’d rarely see them smile. (Don’t get me wrong. It’s not the style that bothers me. You can wear black all you want. It’s the negative, surly, snobbish attitude that steals a lot of life from them.)

Some Christians have their own version of holy angst. These good-hearted people like to focus on their sufferings as a way of pleasing God. They like to moan and groan about how difficult life is, thinking they earn brownie points in Heaven.

Sheesh.

Well, excuse me, but I don’t have angst.

I’m happy with my life.

Each day, I wake up expecting miracles to happen.

I also expect the sun to rise, the day to be lovely, and my friends to be terrific. And most of the time, that’s exactly how it happens.

Sure, once in a while, it doesn’t happen that way. Hey, I can’t win all the time. That’s okay. All I have to do is wait for the next beautiful morning.

Don’t get me wrong. I’ve got problems.

But here’s the key: I don’t focus on them.

I acknowledge that they’re there. But I move on and focus on my blessings instead.

Because I believe my mind is a magnet.

Thoughts attract.

If I always think of my blessings, I attract more blessings.

If I always think of my problems, I attract more problems.

Dear friends, I pray that you attract more blessings in your life today.

May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

PS. Do you want to become a dynamic Preacher? Attend the Creative Preaching for the Preacher Seminar, given by two of the best Lay Preachers in the country, Kerygma Preacher Arun Gogna and Obet Cabrillas. No preacher must be boring! This course offers updated and practical methods for preachers. Through the modules and open forums, creative techniques will be presented both for the inexperienced and seasoned preacher. One day that will surely make a difference in the way you bring the good news.January 26, Saturday, 8am-5pm. Seminar Fee: P695 only. Register now before you run out of seats! For details, call Noel at (02) 8239546 or 09154493600 and 09282109765 now!

PS2. Go with Bo to Eastern Europe this April for a pilgrimage. For more information, email beaconlightevents@gmail.com and ask about it.

PS3. Bo will be going to London and Scotland on June 17-22, 2008. E-mail Chelle at chelle.crisanto@gmail.com if you wish to help organize a Feast in those areas.

PS4. Do you want to earn money through your own business? And do you want to earn money through the internet? This February, two powerful seminars can change your financial life!

If you’re an entrepreneur (or would like to be one), save yourself from costly mistakes! On February 8 & 9, Rudy Torres and Bo Sanchez will give the Truly Rich Super Direct Marketing Program! (Why Marketing? It’s the lifeblood of all businesses. Most businesses fail because of poor marketing.) Who is Rudy Torres? He’s a Marketing Guru who grossed P9M just by marketing one product in 9 months—all by himself! Rudy will teach you the same powerful strategies that he used that can supercharge your own business. What can easily cost you P125,000 if you attended similar direct marketing seminars, you can now get for P9750 only! We have brought the price down to serve more people. (Special Couples or Business Partners Price is P8750 only per person.)

And if you want to earn money through the internet, then this is what you’ve been waiting for. On February 15 & 16, Jomar Hilario and Bo Sanchez will give the Truly Rich Hands-On Internet Marketing Workshop. Why hands-on? By the end of the workshop, you will already have a working website that will start earning money for you. Jomar Hilario is the young man who sold P2M worth of tickets for a concert—all done in 30 days—just by using email. A Seminar like this without the “hands-on” part will cost you P85,000 per person in the US. You can now get that same seminar—plus hands-on coaching (value: priceless) for P9750 only. (Special Couples or Business Partners Price is P8750 only per person!)

Attention: “2 Seminars” Special Price! Because both seminars will greatly increase your chances of business success! Instead of paying P19,500 for both seminars, you will only invest P15,500 per person! (Your BIG Savings: P4,000.00!)

“Crazy-Double-Your-Money” Guarantee: If within one year, you don’t earn at least double what you invested for these seminars, we’ll return your money, PLUS P2,000 extra for your lost time in trying out the seminar—no questions asked! That’s how much we believe these seminars will make you succeed!

Note: We highly encourage all participants of any of these two seminars to change their financial mindsets by joining Bo Sanchez’ How To Be Truly Rich Seminar on February 2, 8:30am-12:00noon. (P475 only).

For reservations, call Beckie at (02) 7229562 (Tuesdays-Fridays 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.) or email her at beaconlightevents@gmail.com now. Note: For early birds, save an extra P500 per person! Call now.

Can You Be God’s Kiss?

But First, Let Me Tell You About

One Of The Most Beautiful Concerts I’ve Ever Watched…

 

Alvin Barcelona singing with Lola Rosario,

a woman stricken with Alzheimer’s—

yet she sang the lyrics perfectly!

I shed many tears that day.

I watched one of the most beautiful concerts in the world.

It was the birthday concert of my dear friend and Kerygma Preacher Alvin Barcelona.

Alvin knows concerts. He was born to sing. With the Legend Freddie Aguilar, he has wowed audiences all over Europe and Asia.

But on his birthday a few days ago, he performed a very different concert.

Instead of his usual “folk singer” clothes—loose shirt, rugged pants—Alvin came dressed to the nines, complete with a dark suit and tie. (Hint: He believed he was performing to dignitaries.) Even his band wore ties!

And instead of his usual repertoire of inspirational, rock, and folk, he sang kundiman (Traditional Filipino love songs). Songs like Dahil sa Iyo and Ikaw lamang ang aking iibigin.

On his birthday, Alvin sang to the very old, the sick, the blind, the paralyzed, the mentally handicapped, the poorest of the poor—people who would never be able to pay for a concert. Except by their smiles and tears.

Yes, on his birthday, Alvin Barcelona gave a very exclusive concert in Anawim, our little ministry for the abandoned.

I always love watching Alvin perform. But that day was different. Though the poorest of the poor were his audience, he performed as though he was singing for Royalty. He gave all he had because he believed his audience deserved the best.

I cried a lot that day.

I cried because I saw my old friends crying for joy.

I cried because I saw Lola Rosario sing the lyrics of each song from perfect memory—even if she has Alzheimer’s.

I cried because I saw Gilbert, a wheelchair bound man, who can’t speak straight because of a car accident, sing like Tom Jones.

I cried because I saw Judith, a 50-year-old woman who has the mental age of 6, dance with a freedom that many of us have forgotten.

Believe me, all of us were crying and laughing at the same time.

On that day, it was as though Heaven came down and kissed them.

And the kiss was named Alvin Barcelona.

It doesn’t take much to be God’s kiss in this world.

Alvin has a gift from God. It’s to sing and perform in terrific concerts. So what did he do? He used it, nurtured it, grew it, and shared it to the world. And He gave it to those who could never repay him.

And God used Him to be His kiss on that special day.

Wherever you are right now, there are people around you who needs God’s kiss badly. They are the lonely, the abandoned, the poor, the sick…

What is your gift, my friend?

Find it. Use it. And you too will be His kiss in this world.

May your dreams come true.

Bo Sanchez

PS1. You can be my partner in sharing God’s kiss to others. Sign up at www.kerygmafamily.com You’ll be amazed at the FREE mountain load of spiritual nourishment that members receive! And as one team, let’s share God’s Love to those that desperately need it—like those in Anawim. Sing up at www.kerygmafamily.com now!

PS2. Change Your Financial Life Now! There were so many people who wanted to get into my How To Be Truly Rich Seminar last week, but we had to turn people away again. (So sorry! We couldn’t fit all of you in the seminar.) So I’m announcing this early so YOU could book now and reserve a seat. I’m giving again the How To Be Truly Rich Seminar on February 2, 9am to 12noon, at Quezon City. By the way, I give this Seminar to companies at P7,000++ per person, but because I want to help more people, I give this Seminar to the public at the subsidized cost of P475 only. (Yes, that’s not a typo.) And those who attend this Seminar will be qualified to attend the Truly Rich Financial Coaching Programon March 7 and 8, 2008. Bonus: You join the Truly Rich Club. Call up Beckie at Tel. (02) 7229562 (Tuesdays to Fridays, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm) right away before you run out of seats (we always do). Or email her at beaconlightevents@gmail.com Don’t delay. Reserve now!

PS3. Go with me to Eastern Europe this April for a pilgrimage. For more information, email beaconlightevents@gmail.com and ask about it.

PS4. And here are a few other photos from Alvin’s concert…

Lola Neneng, still serving Anawim at the age of 82, still enjoyed being serenaded.

 

Judith is a 50-year old woman with a mental age of 6. One of the most loving women in Anawim.

 

Alvin giving his all as though his audience were royalty.

 

This is Alvin’s lovely wife Tess.

 

This is Tess again. But this photo represents what everyone was doing in the concert.

How To Have A Relationship That Will Last

Yes, Opposites Attract—

But Will The Attraction Make A Relationship Endure To The End?

I just attended the wedding of my niece, Beng, and her new husband, PJ.

Beautiful wedding.

Beng is my lovely niece, the daughter of Pinkie and Abel--(Pinkie is my sister). I’m amazed how many common things bind them together.

· When PJ was 8-years-old, he saw Beng as a 6-year-old kid and liked her already. (My gosh, that was 19 years ago.)

· PJ is part of the choir of his church, while Beng is one of the singers of our music ministry.

· Both of them are very loving to their own parents—who nourished both of them with great amounts of love.

· Both are known by everyone as moral, upright, diligent, and wholesome. (To some people, that means “boring”. To me, that means wise.)

· Both of them love the Lord.

They say that when it comes to love, opposites attract.

I admit that it adds sizzle, no doubt.

Partners can differ on tastes—perhaps the woman loves Italian pasta but the man eats only adobo and paksiw. Partners can differ on the best way to spend their weekend—perhaps he likes mountain climbing but she likes answering sudoku at home. Partners can differ in personality—perhaps he likes to listen and she likes to talk.

All these differences are fine. They can complement each other.

But at the end of the day, it’s the COMMON things that will HELP hold a marriage together. Especially (1) common values, (2) common vision, and (3) common passions.

So I’m betting that Beng and PJ will grow old together.

If you’re married, and you want to strengthen your marriage, then CREATE common values, common vision, and common passions together. Work on them!

And if you’re not yet married, be sure to find someone who shares with you your values, vision, and passions.

That’s why it’s very important to first be clear about your dreams. And that’s why I’m excited to give you my first FREE E-book, How To Make Your Dreams Come True, Part 1: Soul Dreams. By clarifying your personal dreams, you’ll find out if the other person also has similar dreams—or dreams you can support with all your heart. (So sorry, it’s taking some time to get your first FREE E-book sent to you. I already wrote it, but I didn’t realize there are a lot of other things to do aside from writing it—like setting up all the websites, links, etc… Please bear with us as you wait for my first FREE E-book. Give us a couple more weeks to finish the infrastructure and packaging.)

Live with purpose,

Bo Sanchez

PS1. My son was ring-bearer. Just to show off his good genes (haha), here’s his photo.

PS2. I hope to see you on June 12. Learn how to gain financial freedom this year. On January 12 (8:30am to 12noon) I’m giving my powerful How To Be Truly Rich Seminar. By the way, I give this Seminar to companies at P7,000++ per person, but because I want to help more people, I give this Seminar to the public at the subsidized cost of P475 only. (Yes, that’s not a typo.) And those who attend this Seminar will be qualified to attend the Truly Rich Financial Coaching Programon January 18 and 19, 2008. Bonus: You join the Truly Rich Club. Call up Beckie at Tel. (02) 7229562 (9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Tuesdays –Fridays) right away before you run out of seats (we always do). Or email her at beaconlightevents@gmail.com Don’t delay. Only those who take action succeed in life. So call up or email now!

PS3. For two “spiritually-refreshing and fun” weeks, I’ll be leading a small pilgrimage group to Eastern Europe this April. If you want to join me, please email Beckie at beaconlightevents@gmail.com for details. (Traveling is fun. But traveling and having a spiritual retreat at the same time is even better!)

How To Receive An Avalanche Of Blessing This 2008 . . .

 

When God’s Blessings Come, Will You Be Ready?

Let me tell you a story.

One day, two middle-aged gentlemen were walking home.

All of a sudden, it started to rain. Really hard.

Because both of them didn’t have an umbrella, the two guys got soaking wet.

After a few minutes of torrential rain, the first man cursed.

“Damn you! What have I done? Why are you so angry at me?” he growled, hurling his fist to the sky. “Why are you punishing me? I’m minding my own business here, walking to my home, when You had to make it rain!”

But the second man’s response was totally different. He began to skip, dance, and sing like Gary V in a concert. “Yeepee! Life is wonderful!” he hollered.

With venom in his voice, the first man asked, “What are you so happy about? Can’t you see we’re wet as frogs in a swamp!”

The second man said, “My dear friend, I’m a farmer. The rain is nourishing my crops. I will have a bountiful harvest this year!”

It was the same rain, the same amount of water pelting their bodies, but the two men had two very different reactions.

Why?

Because one person prepared for the rain and another didn’t.

Dear friend, in 2008, mark my word: There will be an avalanche of blessing that will flow into your life. Spiritual blessings. Financial blessings. Family blessings. They will pour like a rampaging river over you.

Will you be ready for their coming?

If you won’t be ready, you’ll just curse.

But who will praise?

The person who has planted great seeds in his life.

How will you do that?

Here are the three kinds of seeds that you need to plant:

1) Plant seeds of Desire (which I call Soul Dreams)

2) Plant seeds of Belief (which I call Soul Declarations)

3) Plant seeds of Action (which I call Soul Deeds)

I’ll talk about these three powerful seeds in three separate E-books which I’ll be giving to you this year—for FREE. You read that right: “which I’ll be giving to you.” Yes, I really will give you three E-books for free in 2008.

In my next emails, I’ll be talking more about my first E-book, entitled, How To Make Your Dreams Come True (Part 1: Soul Dreams).

Watch for it.

It will change your life.

I remain your friend,

Bo Sanchez

PS. Start your year right! Learn how to gain financial freedom this year. On January 12 (8:30am to 12noon) I’m giving my powerful How To Be Truly Rich Seminar. By the way, I give this Seminar to companies at P7,000++ per person, but because I want to help more people, I give this Seminar to the public at the subsidized cost of P475 only. (Yes, that’s not a typo.) And those who attend this Seminar will be qualified to attend the Truly Rich Financial Coaching Programon January 18 and 19, 2008. Bonus: You join the Truly Rich Club. Call up Beckie at Tel. (02) 7229562 (Tuesdays –Fridays 9a.m. – 6p.m.) right away before you run out of seats (we always do). Or email her at beaconlightevents@gmail.com Don’t delay. Only those who take action succeed in life. So call up or email now!